Sometimes you would like to use your external USB drive to backup (transfer) your VMDK files directly from your ESX Server external USB drive. VMDK files are files with extention *.VMDK and those files are virtual hard disks of your virtual machines. You can also mount VMDK files directly into your Windows PC. When you […]
How-to restart ESX or ESXi server
There is several ways to restart ESXi server. You can do it from the console or from the VI client. It’s pretty straightforward. Sometimes restarting the management agents of ESXi is sufficient. How-to restart ESX or ESXi server? Simple and easy. For the console access you have to have an access to the server room however […]
VMware HCL – Hardware Compatibility List for ESXi or ESX 3.5
VMware HCL – fist place to go. One of the first think you should definitely check before you buy new hardware which you would like to use for VMware virtualization is the VMware HCL. What is it? VMware HCL states for Hardware Compatibility List. The same way as you use to check the Microsoft’s HCL […]
Using Nano to edit conf files in your ESX Server installation
After trying VI, I was looking for something more easy, more “user-friendly“. Then I stumble through an article on Tom Howarth’s blog about Nano editor. Nano it’s already installed with your ESX server so you don’t have to download it again. This tiny little editor can help you edit configuration files in your ESX Server […]
How-to find orphaned Virtual disks in your ESX server environement
Update: There is an excellent freeware application available with many different other cool options to look at your virtual infrastructure including how-to find orphaned virtual disks. The RVTools freeware is cool and together with many free software tools which can be found on my Free tools page. How-to find orphaned Virtual disks in your ESX server environement […]
Top 10 PowerShell scripts for Virtual Infrastructure
I want to share with you the information I found at virtual-strategy.com about Top 10 PowerShell scripts availables today. I think that it’s is a great resource, which should be bookmarked and kept safe and every ESX admin should have an online copy…. So in no ordered list: 1. Quick Migration Script from Mike diPetrillo. […]
Little trick on converting your physical machines with VMware Converter
How to convert physical machines with VMware Converter Starter edition. Converting your virtual machines with VMware converter could be quite lenthy process. So if you want to to consolidate physical servers to virtual servers, the easiest way to do this is to perform a physical to virtual (P2V) conversion. With a P2V conversion, you can use either […]
Top 5 reasons to virtualize with VMware ESXi
Everyday I hear people to speak more and more about virtualization. This technology is becoming more and more popular and more and more IT andministrators are just going for it and virtualize their servers. So why should you virtualize your your servers? Why should you use VMware instead of Microsoft or Xen… Most of these […]
How to activate SSH for ESX Server
How to activate SSH for ESX Server. SSH is blocked by default for the root user, so if you want to access via SSH you must first enable it through the CLI. There is an updated post which shows How to activate SSH for ESXi host. The updated article shows the step by step process through the […]
Howto install ESXi 3.5 update 3 on USB memory key
How-to Install ESXi 3.5 U3 on USB Stick If you do not want to install VMware ESXi 3.5 update 3 on your local drive, you can just follow a simplified procedure which you’ll find below. You can find detailed information about what’s new in this release at WMware website here. All you need to do […]